Mr. Scahill, Dropsite, Thank you so much for this actual journalism.
It's a stark contrast from the "reporting" on DemocracyNow! this morning, which featured and Iranian expat who hadn't been in the country for 30 years blaming all the trouble on the Iranian government, with no mention whatsoever about the role of the CIA or Mossad, or the late Shah's son.
The reality is more complex, and I appreciate Dropsite's endeavor to help us make sense of all this.
and thank you etal for this interview. A small country yet the powers at be lust to control it's resources not caring about the Iranian citizenry. It boils down to the current struggle of unipolarity vs multipolarity. And to be honest the unipolarity folks are racist white supremists....they can not (must not) win this struggle of the natural order of things". Racism is not a national "order of things".
Rostamkhani’s account cuts through the easy binaries that dominate coverage of Iran. What’s most unsettling here is not just the scale of violence, but how fragmented and opaque it was—deaths that don’t fit a simple “state vs. protesters” narrative, an information blackout that enabled manipulation from multiple sides, and a population caught in between. This kind of on-the-ground testimony is essential precisely because it resists being weaponized for propaganda, whether by the state or by external actors eager to turn unrest into regime-change theater.
at last a seriously honest look at what happened, we are so grateful to you Jeremy and Kaveh and Drop Site....the world has been deceived and when sites like DemocracyNow so maul the truth that sense of darkness grows darker....thank you for speading the LIGHT of truth.
More and more videos of the massacre are coming out, I posted one in this text. An important fact ( for investigative journalism) which is not mentioned in any of your programs on Iran ( only to question your guests for digging in a bit more) is that those families lucky to find the body of their loved ones are forced to pay the government a large sum of money for the bullet that killed their loved one. I loved Drop-sites investigative journalism and their unquestionable support for Palestinian resistance. But, somehow, when it came to Iran, population has become secondary, and coverage is conspicuously letting the regime coverups be the dominant narrative. Here Kaveh Rostamkhani, unfortunately, focuses on “possible orchestrated” actions by unknown elements - without having any direct contact or knowledge - yet has no record of the regime’s attacks on protesters ( “I didn’t get info or didn’t see the”, “my neighborhood was peaceful” to paraphrase) and about the loss of some 5000 lives in less than two days. We are mourning not only the lives lost to the atrocious government crackdown, but for the many more who would loose their lives; considering the US, Israel, Monarchist agenda for Iran. And worse is why even progressive media doesn’t do due diligence in covering a country with 90 million people, half young and educated. Disappointed. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUAyJh8DZJx/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Thank you so much for this excellent live interview with Kaveh Rostamkhani. And thank you to him for the courage his witnessing and reporting takes. What stays with me the most is his repeating the riots were not "organic" but orchestrated.
To my mind Iran is caught between a rock and a hard place in terms of the internet. The Surveillance Industry, Elon Musk's satellites, Palentir, all of Silicon Valley etc. etc., have been building, years in the making, coordinated, "tested," and now backing the USrael Empire are formidable. Shutting it down may be at the least inconvenient and keep the world guessing, but also with real dangers in case of emergencies among other serious things as Mr. Rostamkhani pointed out. But again, the dangers from the enemies outside Iran cannot be underestimated. We have witnessed with horror and grief what over two years of vicious brutality has done to the people of Gaza/Palestine and to Iraq and Syria and many other countries with resources. Iran needs to do everything in it's power to not become prey to these criminal and cruel dark forces.
It is also worth saying that among so many other substantial gifts the Persian/Iranian culture has given the world over the centuries, Iran is a priceless spiritual center of wisdom on our Earth that we need now more than ever before.
The stats about the types of wounds. How is that verifiable? Not saying not true, just asking the current state of corroboration. I am being prudent in what I can absorb and put on my backburner and further attempts at understanding. It gets crowded. I do understand the reasoning here, if those are verifiable, I would have somethihng that would calm down. Currently still assessing the black out as usual is fertial ground for lots of piling up. The only things that seem clear now is the waste of life. The waste of expression of letigimate Iranian people dissendence and actual daily life struggle not adressed by the theocratic violence wielding compliance regime. From past history of war propaganda, and techonological improvements of past methods of imperial deeds (then not out in the open, now out but still using the same tool of cognitive warfare in target countries and our democratic populations media choir), I would put high probablility on the claims of infiltration. I guess now the question is to what cynical extent was that part of the violence surge. How much objective collaboration on violence inflicted upon the letigitimate components of the protests and basically all loss of lives was there in abdsurdum of that imperial or Israel failed state obsession for all people around its state unclear boundaries.
I accept the argument if facts of antecedents are accessible or whatever journalists can do to corroborate and not necessarily have shared here given the limitation of the streaming format. (and TV news cycle mind painting as well.. they could do deeper stuff, but no fast cycling and gated slanted premises of debates and analyses).
Yes why go close to protesters if already sniping from rooftops. That would make that atrocious and repressive state terrorism of the population (that is a good use of the etymology of the word, propagate fear of being in the streets to express your dissent or plight to the rest of the societey and the autorities neglecting them). Maybe one day language will be useful again to talk about the reality..
Mr. Scahill, Dropsite, Thank you so much for this actual journalism.
It's a stark contrast from the "reporting" on DemocracyNow! this morning, which featured and Iranian expat who hadn't been in the country for 30 years blaming all the trouble on the Iranian government, with no mention whatsoever about the role of the CIA or Mossad, or the late Shah's son.
The reality is more complex, and I appreciate Dropsite's endeavor to help us make sense of all this.
and thank you etal for this interview. A small country yet the powers at be lust to control it's resources not caring about the Iranian citizenry. It boils down to the current struggle of unipolarity vs multipolarity. And to be honest the unipolarity folks are racist white supremists....they can not (must not) win this struggle of the natural order of things". Racism is not a national "order of things".
Dropsitenews you are the best of the best.
This is the most insightful, and honest reporting I have seen on this issue! Thank you!
Rostamkhani’s account cuts through the easy binaries that dominate coverage of Iran. What’s most unsettling here is not just the scale of violence, but how fragmented and opaque it was—deaths that don’t fit a simple “state vs. protesters” narrative, an information blackout that enabled manipulation from multiple sides, and a population caught in between. This kind of on-the-ground testimony is essential precisely because it resists being weaponized for propaganda, whether by the state or by external actors eager to turn unrest into regime-change theater.
Thank You,
at last a seriously honest look at what happened, we are so grateful to you Jeremy and Kaveh and Drop Site....the world has been deceived and when sites like DemocracyNow so maul the truth that sense of darkness grows darker....thank you for speading the LIGHT of truth.
More and more videos of the massacre are coming out, I posted one in this text. An important fact ( for investigative journalism) which is not mentioned in any of your programs on Iran ( only to question your guests for digging in a bit more) is that those families lucky to find the body of their loved ones are forced to pay the government a large sum of money for the bullet that killed their loved one. I loved Drop-sites investigative journalism and their unquestionable support for Palestinian resistance. But, somehow, when it came to Iran, population has become secondary, and coverage is conspicuously letting the regime coverups be the dominant narrative. Here Kaveh Rostamkhani, unfortunately, focuses on “possible orchestrated” actions by unknown elements - without having any direct contact or knowledge - yet has no record of the regime’s attacks on protesters ( “I didn’t get info or didn’t see the”, “my neighborhood was peaceful” to paraphrase) and about the loss of some 5000 lives in less than two days. We are mourning not only the lives lost to the atrocious government crackdown, but for the many more who would loose their lives; considering the US, Israel, Monarchist agenda for Iran. And worse is why even progressive media doesn’t do due diligence in covering a country with 90 million people, half young and educated. Disappointed. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUAyJh8DZJx/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Thank you so much for this excellent live interview with Kaveh Rostamkhani. And thank you to him for the courage his witnessing and reporting takes. What stays with me the most is his repeating the riots were not "organic" but orchestrated.
To my mind Iran is caught between a rock and a hard place in terms of the internet. The Surveillance Industry, Elon Musk's satellites, Palentir, all of Silicon Valley etc. etc., have been building, years in the making, coordinated, "tested," and now backing the USrael Empire are formidable. Shutting it down may be at the least inconvenient and keep the world guessing, but also with real dangers in case of emergencies among other serious things as Mr. Rostamkhani pointed out. But again, the dangers from the enemies outside Iran cannot be underestimated. We have witnessed with horror and grief what over two years of vicious brutality has done to the people of Gaza/Palestine and to Iraq and Syria and many other countries with resources. Iran needs to do everything in it's power to not become prey to these criminal and cruel dark forces.
It is also worth saying that among so many other substantial gifts the Persian/Iranian culture has given the world over the centuries, Iran is a priceless spiritual center of wisdom on our Earth that we need now more than ever before.
Great work, thank you both!
Macabre analysis
The stats about the types of wounds. How is that verifiable? Not saying not true, just asking the current state of corroboration. I am being prudent in what I can absorb and put on my backburner and further attempts at understanding. It gets crowded. I do understand the reasoning here, if those are verifiable, I would have somethihng that would calm down. Currently still assessing the black out as usual is fertial ground for lots of piling up. The only things that seem clear now is the waste of life. The waste of expression of letigimate Iranian people dissendence and actual daily life struggle not adressed by the theocratic violence wielding compliance regime. From past history of war propaganda, and techonological improvements of past methods of imperial deeds (then not out in the open, now out but still using the same tool of cognitive warfare in target countries and our democratic populations media choir), I would put high probablility on the claims of infiltration. I guess now the question is to what cynical extent was that part of the violence surge. How much objective collaboration on violence inflicted upon the letigitimate components of the protests and basically all loss of lives was there in abdsurdum of that imperial or Israel failed state obsession for all people around its state unclear boundaries.
I accept the argument if facts of antecedents are accessible or whatever journalists can do to corroborate and not necessarily have shared here given the limitation of the streaming format. (and TV news cycle mind painting as well.. they could do deeper stuff, but no fast cycling and gated slanted premises of debates and analyses).
Yes why go close to protesters if already sniping from rooftops. That would make that atrocious and repressive state terrorism of the population (that is a good use of the etymology of the word, propagate fear of being in the streets to express your dissent or plight to the rest of the societey and the autorities neglecting them). Maybe one day language will be useful again to talk about the reality..